Fantasy football drafts are firing up, and workplace productivity will soon grind to a halt as half the office spends half the day managing their rosters in an attempt to get the next Steve Slaton off the waiver wire. Just because you're not a football fan doesn't mean you have to be left out of the fantasy mania, though. There are all sorts of alternative fantasy leagues you can join. Why not try one of these?
For the first time in decades, the hunting of the gray wolf is legal again in the United States. And that's a good thing for ranchers like Cindy Siddoway of Terreton, Idaho, whose sheep are threatened every day by wolves.
After a town hall meeting on health-care reform in Belgrade, Montana, President Obama will escape to Big Sky country on Friday evening where he'll spend time with family and go fly-fishing for the first time.
When commercial diver Kenny Woodside takes to the depths, he enters a world of murky low light and dangerous currents.
With their budgets teetering on bankruptcy, states are digging deep to find creative ways to ease their financial woes.
Serving time for lesser crimes, Scott Kimball is leading investigators to bodies.
Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures.
This piece is adapted from THE BIG ONE, copyright © 2009 by David Kinney, reprinted by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Amidst the tranquility of a fishing trip at the Rose River Farm in Madison County, a wounded warrior says he almost feels "semi-normal again."
The anxiety welled up in my lungs as we drove across alligator alley, filling my chest cavity with nervous and increasingly toxic ionized air. My earlobes were sweating -- an entirely new and startling development -- and I fumbled with the car radio in a desperate attempt to find some unnatural force to distract me from my minor panic attack. In the end, the only station that came in clearly was broadcasting the elevator sounds of a pre-Gwyneth Paltrow Coldplay block that, unsurprisingly, did not do the job. I wondered aloud, "If I vomit on the side of the road, will the smell of it attract a gator?"
Fantasy football drafts are firing up, and workplace productivity will soon grind to a halt as half the office spends half the day managing their rosters in an attempt to get the next Steve Slaton off the waiver wire. Just because you're not a football fan doesn't mean you have to be left out of the fantasy mania, though. There are all sorts of alternative fantasy leagues you can join. Why not try one of these?
For the first time in decades, the hunting of the gray wolf is legal again in the United States. And that's a good thing for ranchers like Cindy Siddoway of Terreton, Idaho, whose sheep are threatened every day by wolves.
After a town hall meeting on health-care reform in Belgrade, Montana, President Obama will escape to Big Sky country on Friday evening where he'll spend time with family and go fly-fishing for the first time.
When commercial diver Kenny Woodside takes to the depths, he enters a world of murky low light and dangerous currents.
With their budgets teetering on bankruptcy, states are digging deep to find creative ways to ease their financial woes.
Serving time for lesser crimes, Scott Kimball is leading investigators to bodies.
Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures.
This piece is adapted from THE BIG ONE, copyright © 2009 by David Kinney, reprinted by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Amidst the tranquility of a fishing trip at the Rose River Farm in Madison County, a wounded warrior says he almost feels "semi-normal again."
The anxiety welled up in my lungs as we drove across alligator alley, filling my chest cavity with nervous and increasingly toxic ionized air. My earlobes were sweating -- an entirely new and startling development -- and I fumbled with the car radio in a desperate attempt to find some unnatural force to distract me from my minor panic attack. In the end, the only station that came in clearly was broadcasting the elevator sounds of a pre-Gwyneth Paltrow Coldplay block that, unsurprisingly, did not do the job. I wondered aloud, "If I vomit on the side of the road, will the smell of it attract a gator?"
Three years ago, Phillip Loughlin made a choice he knew would brand him as an outsider with many of his fellow hunters:
One of four missing boaters was found Monday clinging to an overturned fishing vessel off Florida's Gulf Coast, and the search for the other three, including two NFL players, has narrowed, the Coast Guard said.
An Ohio sheriff had harsh words for ice fishermen who had to be rescued Saturday after high winds and rising temperatures caused an ice floe to break away and strand about 150 of them on Lake Erie.
Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards indicted on voluntary manslaughter and other charges in connection with killings in Iraq were released on their own recognizance Monday after a court hearing.
Sharpshooters from Russia and Georgia embraced Sunday after earning medals for their countries, which have been teetering on the brink of war since the Beijing Summer Olympics kicked off last week.
I don't claim to have watched every match Serena Williams has played, or read every article about them, but it seems to me that if Mary Carillo and almost every other tennis announcer/journalist says that Serena only loses when she plays badly, why is it soooo awful when Serena says it? Against Jelena Jankovic [in the Sony Ericsson Open final], it was obvious that Jelena had nothing to do with the outcome of that match. Your thoughts? -- P-Sqaured, NYC
While baseball may have steroids and football may have illicit videotaping, many minor sports outside the mainstream have been shaken by major scandals of their own. Here are eight of our favorites that don't involve performance-enhancing drugs or Tonya Harding.
Corey Carter spends a quarter of his paycheck on gas.
On a crisp November morning Pietro Gussalli Beretta watches as a white spaniel points at a tangle of underbrush. The setting is a cornfield on a northern Italian estate near the banks of the Po.
We've learned that some varieties of fish are low in fat and contain oils that keep the heart healthy. But recent reports about contaminants such as mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, have prompted some health experts to rethink their advice about seafood.
What world are we living in? That's the question that kept coming up again and again over the course of the Toronto International Film Festival, which wraps this weekend.
What world are we living in? That's the question that kept coming up again and again over the course of the Toronto International Film Festival, which wraps this weekend.
Fanny Krieger of San Francisco probably has more fly-fishing tales in her repertoire than Ernest Hemingway.
Hunters remain a powerful force in American society, as evidenced by the presidential candidates who routinely pay them homage, but their ranks are shrinking dramatically and wildlife agencies worry increasingly about the loss of sorely needed license-fee revenue.
Last week's column about PETA asking the NFL to include cruelty to animals among the violations in its Code of Personal Conduct drew passionate response, much of it from hunters such as Dave Winkworth of Pittsburgh, PA, who wrote:
Deer hunting could be a dangerous endeavor for men with heart disease or risk factors for it, research findings suggest.
The best new flies and lures, made and field-tested by entrepreneurs.
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IN PAST YEARS ice fishing meant pitching a small "fish house" onto the ice, chiseling a hole, and hoping you'd chosen a spot with hungry fish. That was until Tom Lykken, engineer, avid fisherman, a...
In past years ice fishing meant pitching a small "fish house" onto the ice, chiseling a hole, and hoping you'd chosen a spot with hungry fish.
Some 300 million to 400 million years ago, a funny-looking fish with a giant nose swam the planet's primeval waterways. Today its female descendants produce some of the tastiest roe this side of Ir...
Brady Bunte was trolling for marlin off the coast of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico when he saw what looked like a "submarine coming out of the water" - a 565-pound monster had just hit his line. It was ...
In Hampshire in Southern England, the River Test is a trout-rich environment.
There are a million things I didn't know about taking a cruise. For instance, this: Upon boarding, you're separated from your luggage for an indeterminate amount of time. Until then, you're stuck wearing what you're wearing. In the case of my cruise to Alaska aboard the Norwegian Sun, that would've meant jeans -- less than ideal when you have four hours to spend poolside before heading into the mist.
Scratch the tie, the cheesy "I love D-A-D" mug and the DVD set of the "Sopranos."
An explosion at a rifle range in Istanbul left 14 people injured on Thursday, according to local media reports.
There are plenty of fish in the sea - and in the rivers and lakes and streams. And you may have dusted off your fly-fishing pole recently in anticipation of catching some of them this summer.
The Volkswagen Golf is going back to its Rabbit roots.
So obviously, an activity-packed destination is a must. But which destination? That depends on the kinds of activities most likely to engage your particular brood: the bright lights of the Big Apple, where we hear there's a lot to do, or the rugged charms of a Colorado dude ranch, where the nonstop diversions include fly fishing, white-water rafting and, of course, horseback riding. --D.R. AND K.A. ...
Autumn leaves, blue skies, and smallmouth bass: just another day at the office for employees at Orvis, the 149-year-old outdoor apparel and equipment manufacturer. Nestled at the foot of Vermont's ...
Steve Rogers, owner of Rogers Sporting Goods in Liberty, Mo., watched with mounting concern as outdoor mail-order giant Cabela's built a new store in Kansas City, 40 minutes north. The 180,000-squa...
Take-Two Interactive Software sucked most of the air out of last year's holiday videogame buying season, selling more than five million copies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. But there's no full-...
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ending months of speculation, Nintendo has begun to unveil the 'revolutionary' aspects of its next generation video-game system -- code-named Revolution.
No matter what age your kids are, the potential pitfall of any family vacation remains the same: boredom. Children need constant entertainment, especially when removed from their natural habitat. S...
A Russian submarine that had been trapped nearly 190 meters (625 feet) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean was raised Sunday, and all seven crew members are alive, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet has confirmed.
All right, we admit it: We had fun researching this story. When charged to find the best seafood dives along the South's saltwater shores, we jumped in, belly first.
It's hot in July, and it seems even hotter at the big theme parks. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy them, though. How so? Chill out with a little H2 Oh!
A $14,000 shotgun and a pricey mountain bike were among the gifts President Bush accepted last year, according to financial disclosure forms on the president and vice president the White House released Friday.
Thirty yards off the stern, a dark shape rose against the surface, and the mates yelled, "Bella, bella, bella!"
At the Bass Pro Shops flagship store in Springfield, Mo.--the largest hunting and fishing outlet in the country--avid archer Fred Baum strolls among stuffed bears, bobcats, and elk, and then heads ...
The suspect in the shooting deaths of six deer hunters in northwest Wisconsin told investigators he fired at the hunters after they made racial slurs and shot at him, according to an affidavit released Tuesday.
The weekend shootings of a group of deer hunters in northwestern Wisconsin claimed a sixth life Monday, hospital officials and the man's family said.
I'm breaking clay targets with my over/under shotgun, but instructor Gil Ash doesn't like the way I'm shooting them. Ash says my follow-through is excessive and unnecessary, a bad habit I've taught...
Bob Elderkin's vote would appear to be a sure bet for President Bush on November 2. He is a hunter, part of a conservative-leaning group of outdoorsmen that is 38 million strong and avidly supports gun rights.
If you're one of those rare individuals known as an "undecided voter," you have a choice to make, between two men whose opinions offer stark contrasts.
BEND, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Cowboy is cool.
Big Video Game Hunting contacted Bill Dugan to discuss the creation of the "Spider-Man 2" video game.
"Van Helsing" isn't just a hot new movie, it's also a video game based on the same super-hero storyline. It's got an imaginative arsenal, a famous cast, and challenging play.
Professional athletes who pay to play.
Canada is once again at the center of an environmental row as it begins the largest seal hunt in more than half a century.
Hey, sports fans, remember when you were a kid and you'd make up sports leagues? That professional dart association in your basement could now be a thriving business and not just a childhood fanta...
Think fly-fishing, and chances are you'll picture a secluded stream in Montana or Vermont. A peaceful place like the one in A River Runs Through It, the movie that made the sport famous, it will ha...
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It's hardly unusual for some big-foot Wall Street investor to buy or short a huge chunk of a company's stock and then start making noise about it. Happens every day. What is unusual is for two of t...
I'll admit it. Ever since watching Gilligan's Island, I've had a secret fantasy. (No, it has nothing to do with Tina Louise.) I've dreamed of being marooned on a tropical island--draped in palm fro...
There are executives who set lofty goals for themselves: turn their company into an industry beater, develop a world-changing technology, maybe even have a business dictum named after them. Then th...
Bruce Sterling, a science fiction writer, lives in Austin, Texas. His books include A Good Old-Fashioned Future and The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. He was intervi...
Old raiders never die. They just wallow in their sinking legacies. Carl Icahn bangs like a barbarian at Nabisco's gates. Saul Steinberg struggles to salvage his empire. Ron Perelman shuffles assets...
If ever there was a time when the gun lobby should be vanquished, it is now. This year alone, there have been Columbine (15 dead, 23 wounded), the Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth (eight dead,...
One of them wrote what Bill Gates calls "probably the best book to read if you want to read only one book about business." The other originated a phrase and an anticonformist idea that still shape ...
Nathan Myhrvold is a gourmand who loves French food, but he dutifully showed up at the Italian joint I suggested. Microsoft's chief technical officer didn't seem to have any urgent agenda, so as we...
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As described in the preceding pages ("The Future of Retirement," page 86), the great baby-boomer cohort is facing later years that are likely to be more about job sharing than shuffleboard, more ab...
Here's the fastest way to trigger an explosion of firearms sales: gun control legislation. Americans fearing pistol purchasing impediments in last September's crime bill catapulted gun sales beyond...
Toasters, hell! Red-blooded bank depositors who can't abide sissy premiums can get a shotgun or a rifle when they buy CDs from Colorado's Bank of Boulder. Boulder's program picks up steam in late J...
FOR MILLIONS of Americans, camping season begins when they dig through their basements and garages and unpack their Coleman gear. The Wichita-based manufacturer is practically synonymous with lante...
TO EVERYTHING, there is a season. And for things that hop, quack, bare their teeth, or gambol through woods, the season for being hunted is over. Oh, you can still shoot something, if you must. Ask...
ALL GUNS are born innocent. There's no such thing as a gun designed for criminal use. Everything that goes bang -- pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns -- begins life as a response to the legit...
Do you imagine the man in the corner office vacationing only in the Swiss Alps or swank resorts on the French Riviera? In many cases you'd be wrong. Many CEOs prefer to stay on the North American m...
Jeff and Claire Bailey thought they had created the laid-back, nature-loving life of their dreams in Cordova, a rough-hewn fishing village on Alaska's magnificent Prince William Sound. After growin...
First Fisherman George Bush knows that what you catch depends on your bait. Collectors know it too. And in recent years, it has been antique fishing lures -- all of them at least 50 years older tha...
IMAGINE A NEW FORM of information storage that would hold encyclopedic amounts of data but could slip into a personal computer or workstation as easily as a floppy disk does -- and could be erased ...
On any given morning, Wall Street executives pick up shotguns instead of briefcases and head for the wilds of Dutchess County, New York, to shoot clay targets that simulate the different flight pat...
America's lakes, rivers, and streams are thick with them: swarms of fly- fishermen. In ever-increasing numbers, they read the river, match the hatch, and cast furry hooks with bug-lauding names lik...
It is dusk, and you are standing waist-deep in the cold waters of the Beaverkill River in New York's Catskill Mountains, fabled among fishermen for a century for its brown trout. You sweep the tip ...
When you retire, your home will seem more important to you than ever before. Beyond the fact that probably nothing else you own will hold more value, both sentimental and monetary, elderly American...
Ever since their father took them on elephant safaris in Kenya as children, the Havens brothers have been shooting. Timothy M. Havens, 41, president of Newbold's Asset Management in Philadelphia, h...
The big man flicked the fly out of the water and sent it back over his shoulder. For a magical moment the white fishing line was straightened out behind him; then it shot forward. The fly entered t...
Avid angler Robert E. Meier, 54, a vice president at Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex, fishes for trout in Wisconsin streams upwards of 40 times a year. But on a recent fall Saturday he was wading ...
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